Scrappy Celebration, Coming Along

With several people working on blocks for Scrappy Celebration, we decided to combine what we have so far on the design wall and see where we're at. We didn't arrange them, just put them up. 

photo credit Linda L

Each of us started by making blocks according to the color combos in the pattern. But then we all went rogue, using the patterns in other color combos of our own choosing, still within our general palette. After seeing the blocks on the wall, which obviously need to be rearranged a bit, we determined that we need more yellow, periwinkle blue, and light green. 

I made a couple more blocks:

Linda made a few more also; here are her new ones and mine together:

photo credit Linda L

We like that some of the fabrics are low volume prints and some are white-on-white, so there are some busy backgrounds and some restful ones. Very scrappy, just as the quilt's name suggests. 

We're making enough blocks for at least one twin size quilt because the charities we support have requested quilts for twin beds. The pattern as written is 72" square. A twin size will need one more row of blocks than the pattern calls for in order to be long enough, but I don't think we'll have any problem coming up with enough blocks. 

Making individual blocks one at a time is a lot different than making enough of the same block for an entire quilt, so it's really holding our interest. And as I've said before, making these 9" scrappy blocks with a lot of small pieces is forcing me to up my game so my blocks will fit together with everyone else's. So far so good. 

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